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Three of my four white leghorns started laying a week ago and during tha time I got small eggs from all. This morning I got a huuuge egg. Will they all soon lay the large egg, small egg or will it vary? Which size Im I lookin' at down the road?

Yesterday my NH Gretchen was making a horrible racket and stayed to herself near the coop. That buk buk buk, bukook sound. You guys know it lol! Shes never clucked liked that before. It was at that moment I new there was an egg brewing. None yesterday evening but after I ran some errands this...

Heading into the winter, should I provide supplemental heat such as a heat lamp to keep them warm enough to start laying this winter? It snowed lightly last week and the temps are in the mid 40s in the day and mid 30s at night.Nesting boxes are all ready to go! I have four white leghorns(20...

So, my white leghorns(four of them) are 16 and a half weeks old....My question is what should their combs and wattles look like? My chickens combs and wattles seem to be non-existent. Does this signify immaturity and prolonged egg laying?

I recently purchased Hoover Hatchery chicks in a few varieties for future experimentation. I got 6 barred rock females, 6 Delaware White females, 2 Sapphire Gem females and 2 NH red roos. So heres my question: with the NH red roo over the barred and delaware birds will I be able to breed red and...

Baby chicks arrived early this morning. Alive, well and lookin pretty good. I ordered this batch of 14 gals and 1 roo(they added an extra roo) from Hoover Hatchery. The minimum was 15 birds which suited me just fine. Took 2 days to get here so theyre 3 days old. Can you guys identify my chicks...

Heres my NHR Hildagard at one week old to now, 17 weeks .

Hi all! My fam owned a pig farm and hobbied chickens for eggs and meat for our family and our community. We bred leghorns, cornish broilers and Rhode Island Reds. That was years ago but now Im back at it and currently have mostly dual purpose birds(2 NHR, 4 EE, 2 GLWyandotte) All 12 weeks old...